Date of birth | 1 June 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (240 lb; 17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Brisbane State High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tuaina Taii Tualima (born 1 June 1997 in Brisbane, Australia) [1] is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. His playing position is lock or flanker. He has signed to the Reds wider development squad for the 2020 season. [2] [3] [4]
Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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2020 | Reds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 AU | Reds | 8 | 0 | 8 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2021 AU | Reds | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 TT | Reds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | Reds | 3 | 1 | 2 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | Rebels | 8 | 5 | 3 | 363 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 20 | 6 | 14 | 597 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
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